998,001 and its Mysterious Recurring Decimals

There has been some internet buzz about 998001, so Numberphile sheds some light on matters.

This video features Dr James Grime and we mention the YouTube channel Vsauce.
James' website: http://singingbanana.com/
Vsauce: http://www.youtube.com/user/vsauce

Blog on the brown paper issue: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.com/2012/02/brown-paper-question.html